Reception Homework Grid
Spring Term 2016 – Dinosaurs (Spring 1) /Traditional tales with a twist (Spring 2)
The blue tasks should be done every week along with with one task chosen from the selection below.
Counting
Reading
Phonics
Practise counting to 10, then 20, forwards and
Read for 10 minutes every day. Write a comment
Learn 4 phonemes each week. Practise saying
backwards from 0 then any number. Practise
in your Reading Record book.
them in isolation and using them to build new
counting objects to 10, then 20 in a line, or by
words.
moving them. Match the numeral to the number
of objects.
Challenge: Stop half way through and encourage
Challenge: Recite numbers to 100, count in 1s and your child to predict how they think the story might
10s to 100
end.
Literacy,
Communication
and Language
(Speaking and
listening, language
and literacy)
Numbers/Shape.
Space and
Measures
(Counting,
Understanding and
using numbers,
Calculation, Shapes
and Measures)
Rhyme
Look at a book
together that
contains rhyming
words. Discuss what
rhyme is and
identify the rhyming
words within the
text. Can your child
think of any other
rhyming words?
Record these words
in their book.
One more/ one less
Get an adult to
shout out a number.
Write the number
down that is one
more (e.g. adult
shouts 13, you write
13, 14). Can you
record one less too?
Lists
Write a list of all the
food Little Red
Riding Hood carries
in her basket.
Labels
Create a label for a
model that you
have made.
Practise linking the
sounds to the letter
of the alphabet.
Challenge: Segment
the sounds in
simple words and
blend them
together to write.
Measuring
Reading numbers
Can you measure
Practise reading
the growth of your
numbers to 20 and
plant using different beyond.
objects at home?
(see below)
Can you write a
shopping list to help
at home?
Story writing
Can you write your
own fairy tale? Who
are your characters
going to be? What’s
going to happen to
them?
Tricky words
Can you read these
tricky words on
sight?
Traditional tales
Visit a library. Can
you find some
traditional tales?
Share them with an
adult. Can you retell a story in your
own words using
story language?
Money
Practise handling
money. Can you
sort coins and name
the coins?
Capacity
Fill different sized
containers with
water and discuss
which container
holds more or less.
Get your child to
predict which
container holds
Writing numbers
Practise writing
numbers to 20 using
paint, mud,
bubbles! Make sure
that you start in the
correct place and
end in the correct
place.
To extend, repeat
but this time write
the two numbers
that come before
and after.
Knowledge and
understanding of
the world
Expressive Arts and
Design
(Art, Music,
Movement, Dance,
Role-play and
Design and
Technology)
Physical
(Being Active,
Co-ordination,
control and
movement, making
Seasons
Go on a nature walk
and look for signs of
Spring. Collect
things to make a
Spring garden in a
shoebox or a small
Spring sculpture.
Photo if you like.
Nature
Plant a bean and
watch it grow.
Exploring Media
Create a picture of a
dinosaur/animal
using collage
materials (for
example paper,
tissue paper,
straws, buttons,
feathers, foil etc).
Think carefully
about the colours
and textures of your
collage.
Construction
Build a castle or The
Three Little Pigs’
houses. What
materials will you
use?
Take your child to
the local park and
encourage them to
make different
shapes with their
Practise buttons
and zips on your
coats.
Keep a diary to
track the changes
that you can see.
more and discuss
their findings. How
could you check?
Can you order the
containers by their
capacity?
ICT
ICT research
Comparing
Use a ‘paint’
Use the internet
Look at the
programme or app
with support to find similarities and
to draw or design a out facts about your differences
dinosaur/fairy tale
favourite dinosaur.
between different
character/object.
dinosaurs or
animals. Can you
talk about some of
the features of
dinosaurs/animals?
Being
Singing
Exploring Sound
imaginative/Art
Can you make up a
Can you make your
Imagine you could
fairy tale song?
own instrument at
have a pet dinosaur.
home using junk
What would it look
materials? Explore
like? What would its
the different sounds
name be? What
that different
would it eat? Draw
materials make.
a detailed picture.
Challenge: Can you
label your pet and
write a caption to
go with it?
Practise writing
Draw a picture of
your name using
your favourite
cursive handwriting. fairy tale and fill it in
carefully with
patterns.
Plan and prepare a
healthy meal or
snack together.
Discuss which foods
are healthy with
Changes
Look for signs of
changes in the
world around us
(seasonal changes)
and similarities/
differences in plants
or environments.
Designing
Design a knight’s
shield, a princess’s
dress or your own
fairy tale castle.
Make a 3D model of
a dinosaur or animal
using junk materials
or construction toys
e.g. Lego. Take a
healthy choices)
bodies on the
equipment. If there
is equipment to
jump off of then
encourage them to
land appropriately.
Can they travel with
confidence and skill
around, under, over
and through
balancing and
climbing
equipment? (Maybe
you could take a
photo to stick in
their homework
book.)
your child and why
photo to show what
we need a variety of you made or bring
food in our diets.
your model in to
show. Can you
handle objects or
materials safely and
with increasing
control?
This is your homework grid from now until Easter. Please choose one box to complete each week. These tasks can be completed in any order at any time this
term. You can record your learning in your Learning Log in the form of drawings, written work or photos. Please present your learning as neatly as possible.
There is no right or wrong way to complete a task; it is up to you how you do it! You can be creative! Once a week, homework will be celebrated with the
whole class (Thursday).
Phonics Expectations
Please practise these phonemes with your child at home. For guidance on how to support your children with the articulation of these sounds please see:
‘Articulation of phonemes - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqhXUW_v-1s’.
Please return your child’s phonics book by the following Tuesday so that we can add more phonemes.